Anxiety Therapy in San Jose

Hi, I'm Nicole and I'm an anxiety therapist in San Jose

You may be feeling overwhelmed, on edge, and like you are drowning in your constant overthinking. I understand, and I’m here to help.

I help people learn skills to break free from the thought spirals they get stuck in.

If you’re ready to start feeling better, schedule a complimentary consultation with me today.

My Approach to Anxiety Therapy in San Jose

Anxiety is an expected and normal part of being human. At it’s most basic core, anxiety serves a biological purpose to alert you to danger, keep you safe and to help you stay motivated in life. 

But high levels of anxiety have unfortunately become more normalized in today’s society with all the pressures to keep up and perform to incredibly high standards. I’m here to keep it real with you, intense and all consuming anxiety is not normal.

When anxiety becomes overwhelming and uncontrollable, it’s time to take a closer look at what is happening. When anxiety begins to feel uncontrollable, it means your body has entered into survival mode and you may find yourself in fight, flight, freeze or fawn mode. Survival mode is your brain and body’s way of keeping you safe. Oftentimes though, most of the things you are probably feeling uncontrollably anxious about will realistically not impact your immediate safety, but to our brain, the signals are the same. 

If uncontrollable anxiety is left unchecked, it becomes a nuisance, a downward spiral and a never-ending battle within your mind leading to feelings of depression, loneliness, failure, self doubt and complete overwhelm.

You can learn skills to break free from all consuming anxiety. That’s where I come in. 

Imagine what it would feel like if your anxiety did not consume your life? Imagine how your relationships would improve with those you love if you could communicate your needs as a way of managing your anxiety? You’d be crushing your goals, feeling confident and finally getting the support you’ve always wanted and needed.

Are you ready to find relief from the overthinking and overwhelm? Anxiety counseling is your opportunity to process through and explore the triggers to your anxiety, learn skills to tame the anxiety and ultimately find the balance in your mindset that you’ve been longing for. Contact me, your San Jose anxiety therapist, today to schedule your free consultation to finally say goodbye to the guilt of overthinking and overwhelm and hello to a new way of being-relaxed and confident. 

Anxiety Therapy FAQs

  • Anxiety is an expected human reaction to stressful situations, both good and bad. Anxiety biologically helps protect us and keep us safe at its core. After a stressful event, anxiety often subsides once the trigger is no longer present; however, sometimes your body and brain become stuck in the patterns of survival mode leading to increased and possibly uncontrollable anxiety that starts to generalize to multiple situations and contexts in your life. Anxiety not only impacts your thoughts but starts to impact your feelings about yourself which can make getting through your days difficult because you begin to feel worried about your abilities or how others see you.

  • The short answer is YES. Therapy can drastically help improve or even eliminate your anxiety all together so that you feel in control of managing stress when it arises. Anxiety counseling can help you explore the roots of your anxiety to begin to address and find ways to reduce or eliminate patterns of anxiety that have become chronic in your life. Anxiety counseling can help you get back to feeling confident about handling triggers and stressors in your day to day life by learning coping skills that you can implement regularly or as needed.

  • Anxiety can feel and look different for different people; however, common things young adults and teens with anxiety might experience are:

    Excessive worry

    Restlessness

    Physical symptoms (rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, chest tightness, trembling, sweating, dizziness, stomach aches, headaches or muscle tension)

    Sleep problems

    Avoidance

    Easily overwhelmed

    Difficulty with decision making

    Irritability and mood changes

    School avoidance or work avoidance

    Social withdrawal

    Difficulty with transitions

    Perfectionism and self-criticism

  • Oftentimes, people think anxiety only impacts themselves; however, anxiety can drastically impact your relationships as well. Anxiety can lead you to isolating from friends, family members and your partner. Anxiety can create communication issues because anxiety can make it hard for you to communicate your needs for fear of rejection or criticism. Anxiety can create co-dependence on others because you don’t feel confident in yourself and your abilities. Anxiety can lead to general emotional distress and turmoil and lead to decreased motivation in school or work. Anxiety can lead to fatigue or emotional exhaustion, once again impacting motivation or efforts to work through anxiety.. Anxiety does not just impact you, if you notice your anxiety impacting your relationships, it’s time to get support. 

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If you are ready to start taking ownership and control back of your anxiety once and for all to find balance and reconnect with your loved ones, contact me, your San Jose anxiety therapist today to set up a free consultation and we can start your journey to finding relief together.